California · Private foundation
Howard & Betty White Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 34
- Grants FY2025
- 33
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $333,333
- Organizations funded a year
- 27 to 33
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $13M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 9% of the organizations Howard & Betty White Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 33 | $1.3M | 24% |
| FY2024 | 33 | $911k | 9% |
| FY2023 | 33 | $947k | 15% |
| FY2022 | 28 | $611k | 7% |
| FY2021 | 27 | $731k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 29 | $830k | 10% |
| FY2018 | 27 | $821k | 15% |
| FY2017 | 27 | $838k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Ships International | $626,665 | 8 | 0% |
| Youthreach | $506,120 | 8 | 60% |
| Young Life | $479,833 | 7 | 0% |
| Menlo Park Presbyterian Church | $338,333 | 1 | n/a |
| Riekes Center for Human Enhancement | $297,833 | 7 | 2% |
| The Peninsula Ball Foundation | $228,000 | 8 | 36% |
| Bible Study Fellowship | $193,145 | 8 | 0% |
| Prison Fellowship Ministries | $185,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Cityteam Ministries | $174,373 | 8 | 0% |
| Compassion Bridges | $168,000 | 8 | 20% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Ships International | $626,665 | 8 | 0% |
| Youthreach | $506,120 | 8 | 60% |
| Young Life | $479,833 | 7 | 0% |
| Menlo Park Presbyterian Church | $338,333 | 1 | n/a |
| Riekes Center for Human Enhancement | $297,833 | 7 | 2% |
| The Peninsula Ball Foundation | $228,000 | 8 | 36% |
| Bible Study Fellowship | $193,145 | 8 | 0% |
| Prison Fellowship Ministries | $185,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Cityteam Ministries | $174,373 | 8 | 0% |
| Compassion Bridges | $168,000 | 8 | 20% |
| International Justice Mission | $135,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $133,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Peninsula Family Service | $113,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $106,800 | 8 | 0% |
| Hope Institute | $105,000 | 3 | 12% |
| Eastside College Preparatory School Inc | $100,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Peninsula Volunteers Inc | $83,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Pets In Need | $47,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Jobtrain Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| New Community Church | $20,000 | 4 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Howard & Betty White Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Floyd Family Foundation · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · Atkinson Foundation · Philanthropic Ventures Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund
How this is measured
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About Howard & Betty White Foundation
- How much does Howard & Betty White Foundation give?
- Howard & Betty White Foundation reported 34 grants totaling $1,288,452 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 33 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Howard & Betty White Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (22%), International (16%), Youth Development (15%).
- Who are Howard & Betty White Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Mercy Ships International ($627k), Youthreach ($506k), Young Life ($480k).
- Does Howard & Betty White Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Howard & Betty White Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Howard & Betty White Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Floyd Family Foundation, Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation.
- Where is Howard & Betty White Foundation based?
- Howard & Betty White Foundation is based in CA.
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